Identification of a crowd in an elevator waiting area and seamless call elevators

    公开(公告)号:US10676315B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-06-09

    申请号:US15646707

    申请日:2017-07-11

    Inventor: Emily Baldi

    Abstract: An elevator system is provided and includes at least one car; driving elements, each of the driving elements being configured to drive a corresponding car from a waiting area from which at least one passenger boards the corresponding car; at least one sensor configured to identify a presence of more than one passenger intending to board a car and in the waiting area and configured to determine a characteristic of the more than one passenger; and a controller configured to drive more than one car to the waiting area when a capacity of the corresponding car is less than the characteristic of the more than one passenger.

    Elevator system and method of cancelling passenger requested floor destination

    公开(公告)号:US10358321B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-07-23

    申请号:US15287031

    申请日:2016-10-06

    Abstract: An elevator system includes an elevator car, a call panel, a controller, and a floor cancellation feature. The elevator car is adapted to travel in a hoistway defined by a building and between floors of the building. The call panel is located for passenger interaction, includes a plurality of floor selections, and communicates with the controller. The floor cancellation feature is associated with at least one of the call panel and the controller. The controller is configured to operate between a floor cancellation permit state and a floor cancellation restricted state, thereby respectively enabling and disabling the floor cancellation feature, and track at least one event associated with the floor cancellation restricted state.

    GROUP ACCESS MANAGEMENT FOR VISITOR CONTROL
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20180286157A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-04

    申请号:US15475618

    申请日:2017-03-31

    Abstract: A method of controlling access to a building is provided. The method comprising: receiving a visitor access request for a visitor mobile device; determining a residential group assigned to the visitor mobile device, the residential group including at least one residential mobile device; transmitting the visitor access request to at least one of a resident mobile device within the residential group and a manager device; receiving an access grant from at least one of the resident mobile device within the residential group and the manager device; and granting a visitor mobile device access to at least one of a selected elevator car, a selected door, and a selected floor.

    ELEVATOR SERVICE REQUEST USING USER DEVICE WITH APP-RETAINED FLOOR PAIRS

    公开(公告)号:US20180282115A1

    公开(公告)日:2018-10-04

    申请号:US15476727

    申请日:2017-03-31

    Abstract: Methods and systems for making elevator service requests, including populating a recents list on a computing device with a floor pair having an origination floor and a destination floor, receiving a user input on the recents list including any of a swipe input on the pair, a press, drag and drop of an icon associated with an origination onto an icon associated with a destination in the pair, a press, drag and drop of an icon associated with an origination in one pair onto an icon associated with a destination in another pair, and a press, drag and drop of an icon associated with a former destination as an origination in one pair onto an icon associated with a former origination as a destination in another pair. The method also including generating a service request packet based on the new service request and transmitting it to an elevator controller.

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